Conatus: THIRD EDITION by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

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towards pragmatism. This is not just different from the way we often see ourselves, but perhaps also different from the way we would like to be.

Where do quality and value lead us? Not — I’d suggest — straight into morals and aesthetics — but rather, into trying to find meaning in the world. It is only from our sense of what the world means that we then start to get a sense of what is right and wrong — what acts for or against our purposes. Perhaps even our aesthetic sense is affected by our understanding of meaning and purpose. So let’s try to get a handle on this link now — the step from value to meaning and purpose.

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